RIP Jaki Liebezeit
Krautrock legend Jaki Liebezeit has died. He also worked with, among others, Jah Wobble, Brian Eno, Depeche Mode, David Sylvian, and Burnt Friedman. Hail and...
View ArticleJoy Coghill
Canadian actress known as "The Queen of Vancouver Theater," whose genre films included They Came From Within, Jacob Two-Two and The Hooded Fang, Blue Monkey and The Omen IV. TV work included episodes...
View ArticleGil Ray - Musician, member of the CHFB
Long time member of the CHFB Gil Ray passed away yesterday. He was 60 years old. Here's one of Gil's songs:
View ArticleMary Tyler Moore
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/mary-tyler-moore-dead-age-80-article-1.2955361 Man oh man. Type 1 diabetes is a real SOB. I have always been surprised she lasted as long as she did....
View ArticleButch Trucks
Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks has died:http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/butch-trucks-hard-pounding-drummer-allman-brothers-band-dead-69-n712211
View ArticleJohn Hurt
Dead of cancer @ 77. Sad to see 2017 taking up where 2016 left off. Farewell to a fine actor and, by some accounts, an excellent drinker. Many genre credits that are probably insulting to even have to...
View ArticleJudy Garland
Anybody going to the funeral?http://pagesix.com/2017/01/27/judy-garlands-remains-transferred-to-hollywood/
View ArticleEmmanuelle Riva
Star of Hiroshima Mon Amour has passed away.I had a paste to her obituary hours ago, but I couldn't post over here then and now I don't have it and don't feel like hunting for it. Apparently, made...
View ArticleBROADWAY SUPERMAN BOB HOLLIDAY
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Bob-Holiday-Broadways-Superman-Dies-at-84-20170127
View ArticleRichard Portman
Oscar-winning sound mixer (for The Deer Hunter) whose long list of genre credits included Star Wars, Silent Running, The Monster Squad, Brainscan, episodes of Tales from the Crypt, etc. His father was...
View ArticleComic Artist Dan Spiegle
http://www.newsfromme.com/2017/01/30/dan-spiegle-r-p/I mostly knew him from various Gold Key titles (including the first Doctor Spektor with Don Glut), his work in Blackhawks and the Eclipse comic...
View ArticleGeoff Nicholls, 68, Black Sabbath keyboardist
http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/geoff-nicholls-black-sabbath-keyboardist-dead-at-68/11867262
View ArticleJohn Wetton of King Crimson, ASIA, Roxy Music
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/king-crimsons-john-wetton-dead-9727850Lost his battle with Cancer. I probably remember him more for ASIA and Roxy Music than King Crimson. He helped form...
View ArticleFilm Preservationist David Shepard
I'm deeply saddened to report that film preservationist David Shepard has passed away. For any unfamiliar with his work, if you've bought classic silent films on home video from Image, Kino, or...
View ArticleHerb Oscar Anderson
The popular NYC radio jock of the '60s and '70s and one of WABC-AM's "Swingin' 7 (along with Scott Muni and Cousin Brucie) died last Sunday, age 88. Anderson ruled the AM airwaves in the a.m. and...
View ArticleBoris Karloff
Has now been 48 years, February 2, 1969, since Bill Pratt has passed. As he was, and still remains, the topmost thespian of his sound movie and stage craft.
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